We are enjoying the work of Lou Ros, Lou bases much of his work from photos. "It is a selection similar to that of a photographer, capturing a moment, an emotion, something... The transition to painting, transforms this thing again as I see it or how I feel it."

Singapore-based photographer Fong Qi Wei shoots various landscapes over a 2 to 3 hour period from the same spot and then collages the images in layers, exploring the passage of time. "The basic structure of a landscape is present in every piece. But each panel or concentric layer shows a different slice of time, which is related to the adjacent panel/layer."

A great series of installations and site-specific works by Fesson Ludovic, where he balances materials found in nature on water or where shade could be utilized to create an illusion of balance and symmetry.

This past month has been a busy one for Tel Aviv-based artist, Know Hope, who opened his exhibition “The Abstract and The Very Unreal” at Lazarides Rathbone Gallery in London. After his well received opening the artist visited the U.S., painting a number of new public pieces. We saw in person the thoughful provoking work he created in Atlanta for Living Walls. The artist later went on to paint several more walls for Wall Therapy in Rochester which we have pictures of right here. Also included is a video that gives some insight into the ideas, thoughts and inspirations for his exhibition at Lazarides.

We have featured the work of Zoer in the past, a lot. With an talent for illustration, good lettering fundamentals and a knack for placement in sometimes unusual locations, Zoer is creating unconventional graffiti in his approach. Imagine what this guy can do with Illustrator and a pen tool!

It is with a heavy heart that I write this post. We learned yesterday that we had lost one of the most gifted, hyperrealistic and erotic painters of our time. California raised, Australian artist Matt Doust has been creating captivating yet controversial works since the beginning of his career. The 29-year-old passed yesterday due to an epileptic seizure, and was set to open an exhibition of his work in LA on September 7th. The show will still open, as a celebration of Matt's work.

Elian and Pastel are two Argentinian artists we had the pleasure of meeting this year at Living Walls in Atlanta. These two close friends are a hilarious duo of laughs and good times. Both artists have very different esthetics to their work, but each work in the realm of minimalism and abstraction. After Atlanta, they made their way to the New York for the Los Muros Hablan Festival and dropped some major pieces at 138th Street and Grand Concourse in the South Bronx.

On Wednesday, a 13-2 vote was made by the City Council setting the wheels in motion to lift a decade-long restriction on murals in Los Angeles. Since 2002, the mural moratorium had been enforced, which originally was intended to curb proliferating advertising. With the new rules that are expected to be finalized by the end of next week, artists will be required to register their project and pay a $60 fee. The mural will be restricted to industrial and business zones, excluding single-family residential homes and those that have any commercial messages.